'Bachelor' couples: Where are they now?

By Lisa Respers France, CNN

Updated 9:40 AM ET, Sat January 25, 2014

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'Bachelor' couples: Where are they now? – During "The Bachelor's" three-hour premiere on January 5, fans got to know Iowa farmer Chris Soules, the latest guy to wade through "The Bachelor's" gaggle of contestants in search of a wife. While we wait to see who Soules will end up with -- if he ends up with anyone -- take a look at how past "Bachelor" matches have worked out.

"Bachelor" couples: Where are they now? – Bob Guiney and Estella Gardinier appeared to find love on season 4, but it didn't last. He married -- and then divorced -- "All My Children" actress Rebecca Budig and according to his website co-hosts a show on Playboy Radio. Gardinier went on to work in sales while living in San Diego.

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"Bachelor" couples: Where are they now? – Jesse Palmer and Jessica Bowlin from season 5 were a cute couple but broke up soon after the show ended. Palmer, a former NFL quarterback, snagged a gig as a college football analyst with ESPN, and Bowlin finished law school and became a lawyer.

"Bachelor" couples: Where are they now? – Charlie O'Connell and Sarah Brice from season 7 dated for two years, broke up and then got back together before breaking up again in 2010. O'Connell has pursued an acting career and appeared in projects including the TV series "Femme Fatales." Brice is a married mom.

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"Bachelor" couples: Where are they now? – Physician Travis Stork and kindergarten teacher Sarah Stone fell for each other in season 8. Today Stork is a co-host on the show "The Doctors" and married pediatrician Charlotte Brown in 2012. Stone left the classroom for a career in real estate and is a married mother of two.

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"Bachelor" couples: Where are they now? – Prince Lorenzo Borghese selected Jennifer Wilson during season 9. Like many before them, the pair did not last. Borghese traded on his reported relationship as a descendant of the brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte to write a historical novel titled "The Princess of Nowhere." Wilson is said to have continued her career as a teacher.

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"Bachelor" couples: Where are they now? – Season 10 ended in a proposal for Tessa Horst and Andy Baldwin, though the couple ended their engagement a month after the series finale and called off the relationship entirely a few months later. Baldwin, a U.S. Navy physician, still practices and does humanitarian work around the world. Horst married Tom Pickard in 2013.

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"Bachelor" couples: Where are they now? – On Season 11, Brad Womack pulled a first by deciding not to choose either DeAnna Pappas or Jenni Croft. Womack came back for another season, while Pappas became "The Bachelorette" for season 4 of that show before marrying Stephen Stagliano in 2011. The couple welcomed their first child, a girl, in February. Croft married John Badolato, and the pair welcomed a son in 2011.

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"Bachelor" couples: Where are they now? – Matt Grant didn't win over fans during season 12 when he selected Shayne Lamas. He struck out for a career in Hollywood, eventually working as a photographer. He's said to now be back in London and involved with charity work. Lamas married Nik Richie, co-founder of the celeb site TheDirty.com. At the start of 2014, Lamas and Richie were expecting their second child, but Lamas suffered a miscarriage at 20 weeks.

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"Bachelor" couples: Where are they now? – Fans were rooting for Jason Mesnick when he chose Melissa Rycroft in season 13. But things took a strange twist: Mesnick confessed on air that he really wanted to be with runner-up Molly Malaney. Mesnick and Malaney married in 2010. In 2013, they added a daughter to their family, which also includes Mesnick's son from a previous relationship. Rycroft appeared on "Dancing With the Stars," did some reporting for "Good Morning America" and in 2009 married Tye Strickland. She gave birth to their daughter in 2011.

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"Bachelor" couples: Where are they now? – Season 14 bachelor Jake Pavelka made one of the all-time most unpopular choices when he selected Vienna Girardi. Their relationship was short-lived. After a stint on "Dancing With the Stars," Pavelka briefly appeared on the soap "The Bold and the Beautiful." Girardi told Radar Online in 2013 that she was "single and really focusing on myself and my career."

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"Bachelor" couples: Where are they now? – Brad Womack returned for season 15 and proposed to Emily Maynard. The second time was not the charm, and the couple soon split. Maynard became "The Bachelorette," where she found -- and then lost -- love with that show's winner Jef Holm. Maynard soon moved on to Tyler Johnson, whom she met at church, and married him in June 2014.

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"Bachelor" couples: Where are they now? – Ben Flajnik ended up with Courtney Robertson in season 16, in which Robertson was seen as the villain by many fans. The pair split while the show was airing, got engaged after the finale and then split for good in 2012. In 2013 Flajnik denied rumors that he was dating recently separated reality show star (and Kardashian clan matriarch) Kris Jenner. Robertson is reportedly forging a career as a model.

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"Bachelor" couples: Where are they now? – Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici met and fell in love on "The Bachelor" season 17. The couple married in January -- on TV, of course.

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'Bachelor' couples: Where are they now? – Juan Pablo Galavis, one of "The Bachelor's" most-hated contestants, didn't manage to make his relationship with Nikki Ferrell last off-camera. The couple's courtship aired in spring 2014, and by the end of the year, Ferrell confirmed that they'd called it quits.